Filling in for the promoted Yunesky Maya, J.D. Martin started strong, striking out the side in the first, but let up all five Charlotte runs over the next three innings as the Chiefs fell, 5-3. Collin Balester tossed two scoreless innings, as the Syracuse ‘pen held the Knights down the rest of the way. Chris Marrero went 2-for-3 with a walk and solo HR to lead the offense, which was held to seven hits total.

Tyler Moore’s first-inning HR gave the Sens an early lead while a three-run sixth put the game away as Harrisburg took the first game, 6-1. Starter Erik Davis got the win with five and a 1/3rd strong innings, allowing the lone Baysox run on five hits and three walks while Hassan Pena got the last five out for his fourth save.

Back-to-back, two-out doubles by Joanthan Tucker and Steve Lombardozzi scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the sixth as Harrisburg swept the doubleheader with a 1-0 decision, extending their winning streak to seven games. It was also their eighth win in ten games against Bowie. Oliver Perez went the first six innings, plus one batter in the seventh for the win while Jimmy Barthmaier walked a batter but struck out the side for the save.

After posting a picket fence in the 2nd through 5th innings, the Suns put up a six-spot in the 6th to take a 10-1 lead and cruised to a 10-5 win over Kannapolis. Bryce Harper, Jason Martinson, and Wade Moore each homered as no Sun collected multiple hits, but four drew multiple walks as the Intimidators pitchers issued 11 walks for the game. Matt Grace went the first seven innings and allowed four runs on seven hits and one walk to earn his fifth win.

7 Commments

Some things stand out here. After all the (justifiably) moaning from the Syracuse fans, give the F.O. credit, they made changes and the Chiefs are playing a whole lot better now. But, isn’t it about time for the J.D. Martin experience to end? C’mon, we’ve got pitchers in Harrisburg deserving of promotion.

For all those who were complaining of Derek Norris’s struggles, time to go hide. For the season his OPS is .866 & the last 10 games his OPS is 1.325. These are Little League numbers; I’d say he’s right on schedule.

Thanks, Sue, for pointing out Kobernus, after a rough 6 weeks,looks like the learning curve is going well. Last 10 games, OPS of .965.

To be honest, I was one of those people starting to worry about Norris. But thankfully, he seems to be turning it around. Much like pitchers, can never have enough catchers. Also glad Kobernus is turning it around too. Now if only Ramirez can follow suit. Anybody have any scouting report on his play this season? I was epecting a lot more from him considering they spent one million to sign him.

Ramirez has a decent swing and does work the entire field, but it’s usually a flare to LF when he goes opposite-field. A lot more power than you’d expect out of his body type, but not a lot of footspeed. Defensively, he’s subpar but he’s been compensating well by getting better jumps.

Agree with the Martin “experience” coming to an end. Same thing should be said about Mock as well. With guys looking to be promoted, these turkeys are holding onto spots where pitchers could actually pitch.